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<H1>GNATS for the Emacs Impaired</H1>
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You can file bug reports and append comments to bug reports without 
ever using emacs.
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<H3>File Bug Reports</H3>
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Use the gnats template, shown at the end of this page.
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<LI>Change the following fields in your template, and save the template in
your <tt>$templates</tt> directory:
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&gt;Originator:  put your name here
&gt;Release:     version of the software you are using
&gt;Environment: for windows, the version of windows and your stack
&gt;Category:    see /zen/usr/local/lib/gnats/z-code. 
	      qa requests:        qa-test
	      zmail for windows:  win16-port
&gt;Class:       &lt;[ sw-bug | doc-bug | change-request | support ]&gt;
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<LI>When you use the template, do not fill in the Subject header.  Instead,
use the Synopsis field:
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&gt;Synopsis:    description containing as many keywords as possible
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Fill in the "Description" of your bug or test request, and if you
know "How to Repeat" the behavior, include that information also.
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<H3>Append Comments to a Bug Report</H3>
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If you receive a bug report message and would like to add comments:
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<LI>Reply to the message.  Do <B>not</B> alter the subject line.
<LI>Cc: bugs
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You can remove all the bug report fields from your reply -- makes the
bug report easier to read.
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You cannot change the state of a bug (open, analyzed, feedback, closed)
through mail.  For that, you need emacs-full GNATS or the <tt>edit-pr</tt>
command.
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To: bugs

&gt;Submitter-Id:  z-code
&gt;Originator:    ** Your Name Here **
&gt;Organization:  Z-Code Software
&gt;Confidential:  no
&gt;Synopsis:      
&gt;Severity:      serious
&gt;Priority:      medium
&gt;Category:      qa-test
&gt;Class:         support
&gt;Release:       ZM-Win 16 (3.2.1 24feb95)
&gt;Environment:
** Your Platform Here **

&gt;Description:

&gt;How-To-Repeat:

&gt;Fix:
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